Am Mittwoch, dem 25.01.2023 um 12:59 +0200 schrieb André A. Gomes: > Hi Guix, Hi André,
> I noticed that webkitgtk-next is defined in such a way that its name > is set to "webkitgtk", not "webkitgtk-next". This contrasts with how > other *-next packages are defined, such as emacs-next. > > With respect to webkitgtk, if I run: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > guix install webkitgtk > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > the version assigned in webkitgtk-next will be installed. On the > other hand, all packages that depend on webkitgtk will be build with > version according to version assigned to %webkit-version. > > I think I'm correct since I've just installed cl-cffi-gtk (which > depends on webkitgtk) and the REPL told me: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > WEBKIT> (format nil "~a.~a" (webkit-get-major-version) (webkit-get- > minor-version)) > "2.36" > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > That is, it picked up the version assigned to webkitgtk, not > webkitgtk-next. > > My question is: shouldn't webkitgtk-next be defined with its name set > to "webkitgtk-next" instead of "webkitgtk"? Thanks. You are a little late to the party. #60864 fixes that issue and the related issue of two different versions being used. I intend to push it on Sunday, but might be convinced to delay doing so if issues.guix.gnu.org continues timing out. Cheers